Jul 23, 2014, 11:00 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | Ted Stanley, the philanthropist whose 2007 gift of $100 million formed the basis of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute, has pledged an additional $650 million to the center.

Jul 23, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

MONROVIA, CA - Jul 23, 2014 - Miyachi Unitek Corporation, a leading manufacturer of welding equipment and systems, introduces the new DC29 linear DC micro welder, which offers precision control for small resistance welding applications

Jul 23, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

BISHOP'S STORTFORD, UK - Jul 23, 2014 - ~~Dotmatics, a leading provider of informatics solutions to the pharma, biotech, chemical, agrochemical and academic industries, has released the agenda for their annual User Group Meeting

Jul 22, 2014, 15:00 PM by Michael Croft

Jul 22, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

PROVO, NY, UNITED STATES - Jul 22, 2014 - Tute Genomics Biomarker Discovery Platform to Support Brigham Young University's Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Research Provo, Utah (July 22, 2014)  -- Tute Genomics today announced that its genome annotation and discovery platform will support Brigham Young University's (BYU) efforts to advance Alzheimer's disease genetics research

Jul 22, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

MONROVIA, CA - Jul 22, 2014 - Miyachi America Corporation, a leading manufacturer of laser welding, laser marking and micro machining equipment and systems, announces its new Sigma Femtosecond Laser Tube cutting system

Jul 22, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

BISHOP'S STORTFORD, UK - Jul 22, 2014 - ~~Dotmatics, a leading provider of scientific informatics solutions and services, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr

Jul 21, 2014, 12:00 PM by Michael Croft

Reuters | Roche is staying out of the pharma merger and acquisition fray, the CEO said. "We're sticking to our previous strategy... [of] small acquisitions and partnerships."

Jul 21, 2014, 12:00 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World News Brief | Berry Genomics has chosen Illumina next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology as the platform on which Berry hopes to secure Chinese Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) regulatory approval for clinical applications. The combined "system" is in late stage CFDA testing, the Chinese company says.

Jul 18, 2014, 10:50 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | The Pistoia Alliance received a Best Practices Award at this year's Bio-IT World Conference & Expo for its work on HELM, a project that establishes a standard notation for complex macromolecules that are too large to sketch out atomically, but too heterogeneous to express as chains of RNA or amino acids. The project will aid interoperability across the industry, as pharma companies increasingly rely on strange, hybrid biochemistry in creating new therapeutics.

Jul 18, 2014, 10:25 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | In a paper published yesterday in the open access journal eLife, George Church and colleagues discuss the potential for "gene drives" that alter the genomes of whole wild populations using CRISPR gene editing technology, and weigh the risks and public interests surrounding such initiatives.

Jul 17, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, UNITED STATES - Jul 17, 2014 - Cloud Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a therapeutics company focused on cloud-based drug design and development, has entered an R&D agreement with MYOS Corporation (“MYOS” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: MYOS), an emerging biotherapeutics and bionutrition company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of products that improve muscle health and performance

Jul 16, 2014, 12:00 PM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World News Brief | Illumina today announced its acquisition of Myraqa, a consulting firm specializing in the regulatory strategy surrounding in vitro diagnostics, particularly companion diagnostics.

Jul 16, 2014, 09:00 AM by Michael Croft

Jul 16, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

CHAPEL HILL, NC, UNITED STATES - Jul 16, 2014 - David Hall Joins Rho as Principal Investigator of BioinformaticsGenome informatics specialist played central role in business development activities resulting in award of more than $40M in federal contracts with bioinformatics and -omics focus Chapel Hill, NC  ̶  DATE  Rho, a contract research organization (CRO) focused on bringing new products to market through a full range of product development services, today announced that David Hall has joined its team as a principal investigator (PI) specializing in bioinformatics at its Research Triangle Park headquarters in North Carolina

Jul 16, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

BILLERICA, MA - Jul 16, 2014 - RainDance Technologies, Inc., a genomics tools company simplifying the analysis of complex genetic diseases, today announced the appointment of Kathy Ordoñez to its Board of Directors

Jul 16, 2014, 00:00 AM by Michael Croft

ROCHESTER, NY, UNITED STATES - Jul 16, 2014 - The Clinical Conductor CTMS team is proud to announce yet another major advancement in CTMS technology

Jul 15, 2014, 12:00 PM by Michael Croft

Computerworld | IBM is gaining cloud ground with its SoftLayer product, Big Blue says, reporting 6,000 new customers in the last year and $1.2 billion invested in data centers.

Jul 15, 2014, 09:00 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World News Brief | Transcriptic today launched the Transcriptic Platform, their own cloud-based programmable system for defining and executing experimental protocols. The company says the platform can create a 10-fold productivity advantage for researchers working on molecular and cell biology.

Jul 14, 2014, 10:10 AM by Michael Croft

Bio-IT World | The Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI), China's gene sequencing powerhouse, has released a set of reference genes for the human gut microbiome, in a catalogue that is substantially larger and covers a greater diversity of human populations than any previous resources.